Hiya Sciducks,
It may be that you, like Kevin, don’t quite believe in medicine as much as you believe in The Impending Zombie Apocalypse. You aren’t worried that one day you will be on medications for heart failure, type II diabetes, hypertension, and probably a couple of other things for self-diagnosed sleep problems plus or minus a mood disorder or two. That’s for people who get old waiting for the Zombie Apocalypse.
In the event that the known world becomes a hunting ground for the Undead, I will agree with you that medical knowledge is probably about as useful as you are after twenty White Walkers have descended to feast on your flesh (Sorry, am I mixing fandoms? Winter is coming!). But for the moment, let us attempt a thought experiment and say: One, that medicine might be relevant to our lives, and two, that it might be interesting. Continue reading »
